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Activities/
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Outcome #1
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Unit III: The Job Search Resources
Skills & Interests
See: Career Awareness Module, Unit I
Starting Out! In the Workplace: Charting a Successful Life Course. McGraw Hill
Companies, Inc., 2011.
Career Interest Survey:
http://www.careerclusters.org/resources/ccinterestsurvey/InterestSurvey.pdf
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Activities/
Resources
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Outcome #2
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Online Job Search
See: Career Awareness, Unit I and Technology Awareness, Unit I Modules
Farr, Michael. Quick Job Search: Seven Steps to Getting a Good Job in Less
Time. 4th ed. JIST Publishing Co., 2006.
Job Search Websites:
http://websearch.about.com/od/enginesanddirectories/tp/jobsearchengine.htm
http://jobsearch.monster.com/?WT.srch=1&WT.mc_n=olmsrchsk
http://www.careerbuilder.com/
http://www.indeed.com/
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Activities/
Resources
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Outcome #3
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Resume
See: Contextualized Writing Module, Unit I
Jackson, Tom. Perfect Resume: Today's Ultimate Job Search Tool. Broadway
Books, 2004.
Resume samples
http://jobsearch.about.com/od/sampleresumes/a/sampleresume2.htm
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Resources
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Outcome #4
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Cover Letter
See: Contextualized Writing Module, Unit I
Healthcare Cover Letters:
http://career-advice.monster.com/resumes-cover-letters/cover-letter-tips/healthcarecover-letter-dos-donts/article.aspx
Sample Cover Letter:
http://career-advice.monster.com/resumes-cover-letters/cover-letter-samples/samplecover-letter-pharmacy-tech/article.aspx
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Outcome #5
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Job Application
See: Contextualized Writing Module, Unit I and Career Awareness Module, Unit II
Employment Applications:
http://jobsearch.about.com/od/jobapplications/qt/employmentapp.htm
http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/consumer/job_app.pdf
Sample online job application:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=cjZsZUJVS1RXWkRHVGptdFhSMz
dmS2c6MA
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Job Interview
http://www.worksmart.ca.gov/tips_interview.html
http://www.interviewquestionsanswers.net/
http://career-advice.monster.com/job-interview/careers.aspx
Link for Interview Skills Activities
http://www.skillsconverged.com/FreeTrainingMaterials/tabid/258/articleType/CategoryVi
ew/categoryId/131/Interview-Skills.aspx
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Outcome #7
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Thank you letter
See: Contextualized Writing Module, Unit I
Thank You Letters:
http://www.business-plans-guide.com/business-thank-you-letter.html
http://ualr.edu/careerservices/uploads/2010/04/Guide%20to%20Writting%20a%20Than
k%20You%20Letter.pdf
Sample Thank You Note
http://www.worksmart.ca.gov/tips_interview_sample_thankyou_note.html
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Unit IV
Outcomes
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Outcome 1: First Days on the Job
http://www.quintcareers.com/first_days_working.html
http://careerplanning.about.com/cs/firstjob/a/new_job.htm
Outcome 2: Job Retention & Advancement of Career Goals
http://www.ehow.com/way_5796963_job-retention-strategies.html
http://msn.careerbuilder.com/MSN/Category.aspx?categoryid=WI
http://www.allbusiness.com/human-resources/careers-career-development/111281.html
http://www.jobcenter.org/UserFiles/File/SouthWest/JobRetentionStrategies.pdf
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